NER Class P3

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The

Initially eighty J27s were built between 1906 and 1909 in five batches, distributed amongst the NER's Darlington Works, North British Locomotive Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company, and Robert Stephenson and Company. Twelve years later, a batch of twenty five J27s were built at Darlington with Schmidt superheaters and piston valves. These were delivered in 1921-2 and were followed by a final order of ten placed in December 1922 and built by the LNER at Darlington Works in 1923. The superheated J27s could be identified by their extended smokeboxes.

Post-war

After World War II, the J27s stopped hauling goods trains but they continued to haul heavy mineral trains. Withdrawals began in March 1959, but in June 1966 thirty-six were still putting in hard work hauling coal in County Durham and South Northumberland. The final J27s were withdrawn from the Blyth area where they operated the short trip workings between the nearby coalfield and shipping staithes. The last J27 was withdrawn in September 1967. The last four in active service were No. 65811, No. 65879, No. 65882, and No. 65884.^[1]

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 November 1959, Locomotive No. 65847 had difficulty stopping a freight train, coming to rest foul of the line at
  West Sleekburn, Northumberland. Locomotive No. 65824 was hauling a freight train which was in a head-on collision. Both of its crew were killed.^[2]
• On 8 June 1960, locomotive No. 65892 was in a side-long collision with a National Coal Board locomotive at Hilton, County Durham. Both locomotives were derailed.^[3]

Preservation

Restoration

One, BR 65894, has survived to preservation and was purchased directly from BR by the

The locomotive, fully restored as NER class P3 No. 2392, was delivered to the embryonic

alongside occasional use at the NYMR. The engine was again withdrawn for overhaul in May 2006 at the Darlington Railway Museum, where it initially went on display for two years before work on a further overhaul started.

Current status

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The engine is still owned by the

• "The W.Worsdell J27 (NER Class P3) 0-6-0 Locomotives". LNER Encyclopedia.
• Fry, E. V., ed. (September 1966). Locomotives of the L.N.E.R., Part 5: Tender Engines—Classes J1 to J37. Kenilworth:
  ISBN 0-901115-12-6
  .
• Pearson, Richard (14 February 2009). "History of J27 Locomotive 65894 (NER P3 2392)". The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group.

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• The North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group